The following article was once originally part of Master Chen’s former webpage www.chenzhonghua.org. It gives us Grandmaster Hong Junsheng’s first-hand account of what actually happened in the talked about encounter in a martial arts tournament in Beijing between Great Grandmaster Chen Fake and Wu Tunan. I thought it would benefit everyone interested in Taijiquan history to read this article and learn of Grandmaster Hong’s first-hand knowledge of this encounter. I want to thank Shifu Chen Zhonghua for allowing me to re-publish this article in Practicalmethod.com. Read more
There is nothing better than a real personal, hands-on experience with Master Chen Zhonghua but this comes very close to it. First half of the video is on how to make the body rotate while the center does not move and the applications of the rotation. Second half is on how to punch while staying on line. Raw footage from workshop. Now editing. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 49 min. About 35 mins of actual video. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
Recently, I had the privilege—and the humbling experience—of practicing push hands with Master Chen during one of his seminars. To call the session “enlightening” would be an understatement; it was more like having reality reassembled before my eyes.
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- Feb. 10, 2012 Private lessons for James Tam, Ken Huang of Toronto and Daniel Mroz of Ottawa. Read more
在国内，打太极拳的随处可见；在国外也不罕见。如果您稍微留点儿心，就会发现，绝大多数人走架的时候，手的动作多、动作大而且繁复。推手时也如是，净看见两个人用手互相推拉撕扯了。 Read more
Tai chi, the Chinese martial art involving slow and rhythmic movement, has been shown to benefit older people by maintaining balance and strength. Now, researchers have found that tai chi also helps patients who suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Read more
Quality and quantity are two issues that come up a lot during training and seem to be the cause of some debate amongst practitioners. Generally most people have strong opinions about these two ideals and normally have specific training habits which clearly show which catergory they fall into. Read more
Massimo Neresini attended the WKU competition in Padua on Feb. 5, 2012. He won three gold medals and one silver in Taijiquan.
Fan form, yang sword 42 and yang form 42 Beijing form and gold medal in Chen Style performing the YILU with the compliments from two referees that hadn’t seen such live performance before!. They were really enthusiastic to see the YILU Hong practical Method!
Can people who had an organ transplant practice Hunyuan Qigong? Is it safe for a person with a transplanted kidney or liver? Read more
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There is nothing better than a real personal, hands-on experience with Master Chen Zhonghua but this comes very close to it. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 60 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
Learning taiji online is impossible, but not impractical. The key to getting the most benefit outside of the classroom involves understanding what can be achieved and what can not be achieved and through this understanding develop goals that are obtainable. Read more
Thanks to 鸣谢:
- Kelvin Ho 何家伟 http://ktaiji.blogspot.com/
- Frank Ding 丁建平 http://www.dynamictaichi.blogspot.com/
- All who attended the open house in Toronto.
greetings from Australia…fantastic site!…just wondering if the routines you teach are old frame or Chen Fake’s new frame?…thanx…peace
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A: I would like to avoid the confusion (becomes more and more confusing later on) by saying that what I teach is what Hong Junsheng learned from Chen Fake from 1930 to 1944. Whatever that means without a name is more accurate than putting it under a category.
**This is a short piece I wrote in the mid-90s about a way to define martial arts ** The martial arts are systems of combat developed for the purpose of either offense, defense or mass combat. However, these arts also have many goals beyond combative ones. There are countless reasons to decide to study the martial arts.
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In the last few months, I have been trying to follow the rule of “elbow in, hand out”. In my practice and teaching I have observed something that needs further verification, but that seems correct. “Elbow in” means: initiate the arm rotation from the upper arm. Conversely, “hand out” means: initiate the arm rotation from the hand. There are a few possible explanations for this. First, I will say a few words about the “elbow in” part of rule, then I will suggest an explanation of the “hand out” part of the rule. Read more
There is nothing better than a real personal, hands-on experience with Master Chen Zhonghua but this comes very close to it.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 67 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
For those who attended Master Chen’s workshops, we all have this experience. When Master Chen demonstrated any push hand technique, he executed it crisply clean and looked so simple. Then, everybody tried to copy the technique, but didn’t work. In my recent classes, I start to realize the techniques are only valid (or more efficient) when you have the split of Yin and Yang.
Full Time Session
This will be my third full time course. Why am I going again after 2010 and 2011? Let me list the reasons:
You are on the right learning path. The path is very long and at different stages you have to do different things. Usually a person goes through three stages/plateaus. Each one is longer than the previous one. Read more
有道是“学拳容易改拳难”，与其学错了再改，不如一上手就学对的。练太极，尤其是在初期，要把自己的非太极动作改掉，改就是提高。 Read more
There is nothing better than a real personal, hands-on experience with Master Chen Zhonghua but this comes very close to it. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 69 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
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Using the technique of Six Sealing and Four Closing to find the connection point between the front hand and the rear elbow. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
When the body becomes accustomed to moving through the forms in a connected way, the structure of the body will naturally begin to tighten up. As a result, the over exaggerated stretching movements previously used to open up and recondition the body should be adjusted and made smaller and tighter. Read more
Twisting the towel is one of the basic foundation exercises of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. it is also called the four-cardinal yin yang split.
Sometimes you move, sometimes you don’t. Some parts of the body should move while other parts must be tranquil. The correct application of these is taiji. Read more
This December I had the honour of being invited to teach an introductory workshop on the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. I’d been to Brittany twice before to work with the theatre company Teatr Piba and this time my friend and colleague Erwan Cloarec asked me to also teach Taijiquan.
Body movement principle is that the upper and lower parts of the body must not be synchronized. When the upper body moves, the lower body must not move. When the left side of the body moves, the right side of the body cannot move. When the hands move, the waist cannot move.
Standing atop a mountain in China’s Shandong province, Tai Chi master SENSEI SANDEEP DESAI finds himself.
When my trip to Daqingshan, a mountain in the Shandong province of China came through, I was delirious with joy. It not only gave me an opportunity to further my development in the art but also fulfilled my ultimate fantasy to dissolve into T’ai Chi while experiencing the fresh chi of the mountain. I was seized by an overwhelming urge to realise my full potential while soaking in tranquility and serenity. Read more
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Master Chen Zhonghua corrected Kham Serk’s “Fetch Water” move. He also used “Six Sealing and Four Closing” to teach how to make a yin yang split.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Learn from Chen Zhonghua online as though you were at his private workshops.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 65 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
